SqlMetadataStore.OpenStore Method (String)

Opens an existing metadata store file that has the specified name and location, and returns a metadata store object that represents it.

Namespace: Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage
Assembly: Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage (in microsoft.synchronization.metadatastorage.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function OpenStore ( _
    fileName As String _
) As SqlMetadataStore
'Usage
Dim fileName As String
Dim returnValue As SqlMetadataStore

returnValue = SqlMetadataStore.OpenStore(fileName)

public static SqlMetadataStore OpenStore (
    string fileName
)

public:
static SqlMetadataStore^ OpenStore (
    String^ fileName
)

public static SqlMetadataStore OpenStore (
    String fileName
)

public static function OpenStore (
    fileName : String
) : SqlMetadataStore

Parameters

• fileName
  The file path and file name for the database file. The file path can be a relative path. In this case, it is relative to the current directory.

Return Value

The metadata store object that represents the database.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	fileName is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	fileName is 0 length.
PathTooLongException	fileName is longer than 260 characters.
FileNotFoundException	The file that is specified in fileName does not exist.
MetadataStorageEngineException	fileName is only a directory and does not contain a file name, or the metadata store could not be opened.

Remarks

This method opens an existing metadata store. To create a new metadata store, use CreateStore.

This method uses CurrentCulture as the locale for the database file.

Security Note

The metadata file is not secured against unauthorized access. To help protect the metadata file, the folder that contains it must be properly secured, such as by using a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL). To allow the user to delete the metadata file, the provider that creates the metadata file should put it somewhere the user can access. The provider that creates the metadata file must delete the metadata file when the provider is uninstalled.

Security Note
When Sync Framework opens the metadata file by a remote mechanism, such as a UNC path, the metadata file cannot be simultaneously accessed by any other application on any computer, including an application on the machine where the metadata file is stored.

See Also

Reference

SqlMetadataStore Class
SqlMetadataStore Members
Microsoft.Synchronization.MetadataStorage Namespace